# From Blueprints to Automation: Revolutionizing Work Instructions w/ Fil Aronshtein

- Show: [The Manufacturing Executive](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive)
- Published: 2025-09-30
- Episode: 279
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2025-09-30-from-blueprints-to-automation-revolutionizing-work-instructions-w-fil-aronshtein
- Listen: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-manufacturing-executive#episode-041eabf8-a04b-4d11-b781-0f1f579773a2

## Summary

Fil Aronshtein, Founder and CEO of Dirac, explains how his company automates manufacturing work instructions to solve the problem of lost tribal knowledge when experienced workers retire. He details how Dirac’s software takes CAD files and uses physics simulations to automatically generate assembly animations, reducing manual effort by 80% while retaining critical tribal knowledge. Aronshtein argues that modernizing these instructions is essential for attracting the next generation of workers to complex industries like aerospace, automotive, and agriculture.

## Chapters

- [0:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2025-09-30-from-blueprints-to-automation-revolutionizing-work-instructions-w-fil-aronshtein#t=34) Introduction: Fil Aronshtein and Dirac
- [4:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2025-09-30-from-blueprints-to-automation-revolutionizing-work-instructions-w-fil-aronshtein#t=248) The Problem of Lost Tribal Knowledge
- [6:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2025-09-30-from-blueprints-to-automation-revolutionizing-work-instructions-w-fil-aronshtein#t=395) The Manual Work Instruction Bottleneck
- [9:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2025-09-30-from-blueprints-to-automation-revolutionizing-work-instructions-w-fil-aronshtein#t=553) Aronshtein’s Early Career Realization
- [12:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2025-09-30-from-blueprints-to-automation-revolutionizing-work-instructions-w-fil-aronshtein#t=765) How Dirac’s 80/20 Automation Works
- [14:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2025-09-30-from-blueprints-to-automation-revolutionizing-work-instructions-w-fil-aronshtein#t=843) Making Manufacturing Cool Again

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Dirac (company)
- Guerrilla 76 (company)
- Northrop Grumman (company)
- SpaceX (company)
- Lockheed (company)
- Spudnik (company)

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